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Desolo Desolo
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9 years ago
How does physical attractiveness and other demographic characteristics impact jury decision making?
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9 years ago
Jurors are more likely to find someone not guilty if they are attractive, wealthy, white, and female.  Attractive defendants have a major advantage with respect to being acquitted, receiving a light sentence, and gaining the sympathy of the jurors. Female defendants are typically treated more leniently than male defendants. Although if a female commits assault they may be found guilty more frequently than males because she is acting outside of the normative or stereotypical gender expectation.
In addition, female jurors are more likely to find a person guilty for rape and child abuse.  Females are also less likely to view sexual interaction in a sexual assault as consensual.
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Desolo Author
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9 years ago
Thanks for taking the time to find the right answer. This is going to help with my final exam review.
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9 years ago
Great, I'm glad it worked out.

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